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Sep 1, 2023 · For what Silas had stumbled across between damp papers and spiders’ webs were the original master tapes of Harrison Birtwistle's Chronometer (1971–72), Footnote 1 the ‘two asynchronous four-track tapes’ about which one has read in almost every catalogue of Birtwistle's work. Not only had these tapes been lost since their creation ...
Mar 6, 2009 · Though there are electronic interventions in his opera The Mask of Orpheus, Harrison Birtwistle's only purely electronic work remains Chronometer, which he realised in Peter Zinovieff's pioneering ...
Feb 17, 2009 · There’s Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, a lot of his own music, people like Jonathan Harris, a whole load of people who have now become part of the respected modern classical scene, who in their day were, I suppose, much more students of it…Chronometer by Harrison Birtwistle was released – but it was deleted very quickly, and it ...
Harrison Birtwistle, Chronometer, ‘double-master’ tape reel 1; photo Andreas K. Meyer. Figure 2b: Harrison Birtwistle, Chronometer, ‘double-master’ tape reel 2; photo Andreas K. Meyer. 4 In the programme note Zinovieff states that ‘The original version is for eight tracks which have been reduced to four’.
For what Silas had stumbled across between damp papers and spiders’ webs were the original master tapes of Harrison Birtwistle’s Chronometer (1971–72), the ‘two asynchronous four-track tapes’ about which one has read in almost every catalogue of Birtwistle’s work.
Apr 19, 2022 · Tuesday 19 April 2022, 11am. The Royal Opera is saddened to hear of the death of the British composer Harrison Birtwistle, who passed away on 18 April aged 87. Harrison Birtwistle grew up in Accrington, and studied clarinet and composition at the Royal Manchester College of Music. He began his career as a clarinettist and wrote his early ...
